Everything Everywhere All at Once dominated the 95th Academy Awards after bagging eleven nominations and winning seven of them, including an award for Best Picture, Directing, and Screenplay. While Michelle Yeoh welcomed an Oscar for Best Actress, her co-stars from the sci-fi comedy including Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis both won the trophy for Best Supporting Roles.
Besides Everything Everywhere All at Once though, numerous other remarkable films earned a nomination for Best Picture, Joseph Kosinski’s billion-dollar box office phenomenon Top Gun: Maverick being one of them. But while the Tom Cruise-led film is hailed to be the guardian angel that salvaged cinema, Curtis made it crystal clear that the Top Gun star is by no means “the only one who saved show business,” all while subtly hoisting her campaign for the Oscars.
Jamie Lee Curtis on Getting Her First Oscar Nomination in 45 Years
Speaking with James Corden on The Late Late Show on February 28, the Freaky Friday star said how contrary to what people believed, she wasn’t there to promote Everything Everywhere All at Once while simultaneously labeling it as “the best movie” of not only 2022, but of the “generation” as well. Curtis further mentioned how she was not there to promote either her SAG win or her Oscar nomination.
“I know you guys think I’m here…I’m sure you do…to promote the best movie of 2022, which as you know, may not just be the best movie of 2022, but the best movie of a generation.”
“I’m sure you’re thinking I’m here to promote the fact that I won a SAG Award this weekend and that I was nominated for an Oscar after being in the business since I was 19…I’m now 64, do the fucking math. But I’m not here to promote that.”
Jamie Lee Curtis‘ Hollywood career spans more than 4 decades with John Carpenter’s 1978 slasher film Halloween marking her acting debut. Despite her lengthy career in the film industry, however, Curtis, 64, got her first-ever Academy Award nomination and win at Oscars 2023. Although she was grateful for the remarkable opportunity, it looks like she wanted more than just the recognition; Curtis wanted the star-studded crown of being the ‘savior of cinema,’ a title exclusively bestowed upon Top Gun 2 star Tom Cruise.
Jamie Lee Curtis Took A Dig At Tom Cruise’s Dazzling Success
While listing all the things that she claimed she wasn’t promoting, the True Lies star casually flaunted her significantly successful Hollywood career and how her movies have made a collective sum of $2.5 billion. Curtis also went on to mention Cruise, claiming how he wasn’t “the only one who saved show business,” indirectly implying that she too, deserved some credit for reviving theatre and cinema.
“I’m not here to talk about the fact that my movies have made $2.5 billion in box office and that Tom Cruise isn’t the only one who saved show business.”
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The billion-dollar figure that Curtis presented remains a mystery with regard to its veracity. That’s not to say she hasn’t done commercially successful movies. In fact, her latest film, Everything Everywhere All at Once, a Russo brothers-production, ended up becoming A24’s most profitable film after it grossed more than $100 million in the global circuit. Then there’s Rian Johnson’s Knives Out (2019), which continues to remain Curtis’ highest-grossing project after making $311.9 million at the box office on a budget of $40 million. She has done several other iconic movies including various horror/slashers, comedies, and action films.
But to compare her accomplishments with that of the Mission: Impossible star would simply be a fallacy on her part. At the end of the day, everyone’s career, even if they’re in the same industry, tends to pan out differently.
Source: The Late Late Show with James Corden via YouTube
